Figure of Adonis. 61cm

Description

Reproduction made ​​in reconstituted marble (marble powder with resin) with an aged surface by the application of natural earth.

Figure of unique beauty ideal for decoration or as an excellent gift. The piece, that we offer has a special elegance and delicacy, which it expressed with their lines.

Measures: Height: 61cm

Approx. weight: 7 kg.

An adaptation of the statue of Adonis of Bertel Thorvaldsen. The original is located in the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen. Adonis in the Greek mythology was the result of incest between his sister Mirra and his father Cinyras. The goddess Aphrodite fell in love with him. On his death, Aphrodite fought with Persephone, queen of the underworld, for his return, until they agreed that Adonis should spend half the year in the world of the living, with Aphrodite, and the other half in Hades.